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SHADE ROLLER BRACKET.

No. 454,568. PatentedJune 23,1891.

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GEORGE \V. OONKLIN, OF ARLINGTON, NEXV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE FLOS SHADE ROLLER COMPANY.

SHADE-ROLLER BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,568, dated J une23, 1891. Application filed June 5, 1890. Serial No. 354,368. (Noniodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. C ONKLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arlington, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shade-Roller Brackets, fully describedand represented in the following speciiication and theaccompanyingdrawingsjornr ing a part of the same.

The object of this invention is to furnish a cheap and simpleconstruction for shaderoller brackets.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a shade-roller,with a portion of the window-frame adjacent thereto in sectron. Fig. 2is a top view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view. Fig.4is an elevation fromthe inside of one of the brackets shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 4: of the other bracket shown in Fig. 1.

cis an ordinary spring-shade roller provided with rotating spindle b andstationary spindle d, having a flattedliead, as usual.

The body a of the bracket is provided with a round hole 0 for therotating spindle or an open slot 8 for the flatted head of thestationary spindle, and such body is provided at its two opposite edgeswith tangs t, bent at right angles to the body.

The bracket is very readily secured to and removed from the wood of awindow-frame, as the use of two tangs enables me to form the bracket ofvery thin sheet metal, which forms a scarcely-perceptible slit whendriven into the wood. The sides of the tangs are preferably sloped fromthe base to the point, so as to release them quickly from the wood whenthey are partly drawn out.

A brace r is shown formed upon the under side of each tang to regulatethe penetration of the tang into the wood, and serrations 0" may beformed upon the upper side of the tang and upon the edge of the braceadjacent to the wood. Such serrations indentthe wood in contact with thetang and brace, and thereby prevent the slipping of such parts.

The brackets are driven into the wood in a suitable position to receivethe spindles of the shade-roller, and the weight of the roller whenapplied to such brackets, as shown in. Fig. 1, tends to rotate the tang2 about the end of the brace 'r as a fulcrum, and thus presses theserrated point of the tang upward and the serrated face of the tangdownward. As

the serrations grip the wood all movement is prevented under any loadwhich the shaderoller can impose.

The bracket is readily loosened to withdraw the tangs from the wood byknockingit slightly upward by a blow upon the under side, whichwithdraws the brace from the window-frame and the serrations upon thepoint of the tang from contact with the Wood, after which the brace canbe readily pulled out by the fingers, leaving such minute aperturesinthe wood that a coat of paint will readily close them up. This form ofbracket therefore presents particular advantages, as it is frequentlynecessary to remove or shift the brackets in repairing a house oraltering the arrange- 7o ment of the window-shades.

The bracket may be readily driven into the wood to a suitable depthwithout possessing the braces 1', and as the particular advantage of myinvention results from the use of the double tangs, which enable me touse very thin sheet metal, I do not limit myself strictly to the use ofthe bracerand the serrations.

hat I claim herein is 1. The roller-bracket formed in one piece of sheetmetal and consisting in the body a, provided with suitable aperture forthe rollerspindle, and with two tangs t at right angles to the body atits opposite sides, substantially as herein set forth.

The roller-bracket formed of a single piece of sheet metal and providedwith two tangs at right angles to the body, the tangs being wedge shapedwith level tops and sloped'upon their under sides and provided at theirbases with the braces r atan obtuse angle with the under sides of thetang, and the tan gs and braces being provided with serrations, as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE \V. OONKLIN.

Witnesses:

TI-IOS. S. CRANE, L. LEE.

